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(FILES) This file photo taken on June 24, 2015 shows
NSA former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden talks as he participates via video link from Russia (Above) to a parliamentary hearing on the subject of "Improving the protection of whistleblowers", held by Dutch rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt (Bottom C) at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, northeastern France.
Edward Snowden says he does not expect a pardon from US President Barack Obama which would spare the fugitive whistleblower from a toughened approach when Donald Trump takes power. "I'm not counting on it," Snowden said in an interview published by Yahoo News on December 5, 2016.
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